11-27-2019, 03:43 PM
(11-27-2019, 01:47 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Indeed. And I just saw a good write-up on Top 10 rookies this year...and the 49ers have 3 of them. So some teams find production from players drafted in later rounds. We don't.
re: Zac - Bengals management may have given him too much power to select a staff. He brought in a lot of friends, so of which who were inexperienced. They should have at minimum forced him to sign an experienced DC like Del Rio.
Good points on the Steelers. And I want to add that the Steelers have a very sound system and team identity. So do the Patriots. They draft players that fit that system, and plug them in and go. Also, the Steelers saw DeCastro as important to retain and did. The Bengals let Zeitler go. Having a dominant Guard like Zeitler would be game changing for us.
Zac doesn't have any proven successes in the organization to learn from. He meets with the management team daily, but that may be more of a hindrance than good thing. I doubt they have innovative X's and O's ideas.
On offense: Boyd, Tate, Eifert, Mixon, and Bernard are more weapons than some teams have. He should be able to put a productive offense on the field.
I wonder how much this is having smaller gaps to fill being easier to fix (e.g. we need someone who can do X as opposed to the Bengals we need players who can do X, Y and Z). Your search is more defined. Is completing a jigsaw easier at the end or at the beginning when you don't know how things fit together or later when you can see all the pieces around it?
Also, how much is playing alongside better players making the rookies seem better? Would the same players under the same coaches look as good in Cincy? Even if they did, the chances of them making a national list are less in Cincy!
As for Zac's coaching staff - he tried for several more experienced DCs. For whatever reason the 31st ranked D wasn't an attractive proposition, even with the promise of a couple of fourth tier FAs and a 3rd round pick chucked in.
